The following companies were among the most active Chinese
shares in New York trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and
prices are as of the close of trading.

Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd. (ACH US), the nation’s
largest producer of the metal, increased 8.7 percent to $12.98.
Aluminum for three-month delivery on the London Metal Exchange
rose 4.4 percent to $2,218 a ton.

Silvercorp Metals Inc. (SVM US), a Vancouver-based Chinese
silver mine owner which was accused of fraud in an anonymous
letter last month, soared 18 percent, the most in three years,
to $9.62. The company said an investigation by accounting firm
KPMG LLP found fraud allegations in two anonymous reports were
untrue.

Sina Corp. (SINA US), the owner of the Twitter-like Weibo
service, advanced 9.4 percent to $92.37. The company entered
into a strategic agreement with Sky-Mobi Limited (MOBI US), a
leading mobile application store and mobile social network
community operator in China, according to a statement from Globe
Newswire. Sina’s Weibo.com will be made available as a
downloadable application via the Maopao application store and
plug-ins to Sky-Mobi’s Maopao mobile social network.

Crude oil for December delivery rose to $91.63 a barrel on
the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest level in more than
two months, as data showed a drop in inventories at a key U.S.
delivery point. China will “temporarily” set the resource tax
on oil and gas producers at 5 percent of sales, the finance
ministry said in a statement today. The government said Oct. 11
that it will extend a value-based tax of 5 to 10 percent on
sales of oil and natural gas nationwide starting next month to
help save energy and boost local government revenue.

PetroChina Co. (PTR US) the nation’s biggest oil producer,
added 3.1 percent to $126.77. A unit of the company discovered
gas and condensate reserves in Indonesia’s Papua province,
according to the country’s oil and gas regulator.

Cnooc Ltd. (CEO US), China’s largest offshore energy
producer, advanced 7.5 percent to $182.62, the highest level in
more than a month.